Use "Class Loader Definitions" carefully, System - This class loader is normally initialized from the contents of the CLASSPATH environment variable. All such classes are visible to both Tomcat internal classes, and to web applications. However, the standard Tomcat 6 startup scripts ($CATALINA_HOME/bin/catalina.sh or %CATALINA_HOME%\bin\catalina.bat) totally ignore the contents of the CLASSPATH environment variable itself, and instead build the System class loader from the following repositories:
I think that documentation is correct, --Gurkan ________________________________ From: "peter_f...@blm.gov" <peter_f...@blm.gov> To: users@tomcat.apache.org Sent: Wed, June 16, 2010 9:42:35 PM Subject: Tomcat 6.0 documentation: is classloading description correct? Looking at section 10 of the 6.0 user guide, which describes classloading, the text makes perfect sense and matches the way I understand things work. However the summary at the end of the section "Class Loader Definitions" looks wrong; it basically says that the search order is... Bootstrap $CLASSPATH WEB-INF/classes WEB-INF/lib/*.jar $CATALINA_HOME/lib $CATALINA_HOME/lib/*.jar ...when my understanding is it should be... WEB-INF/classes WEB-INF/lib/*.jar Bootstrap $CLASSPATH $CATALINA_HOME/lib $CATALINA_HOME/lib/*.jar So, is the documentation just wrong, or have I misunderstood something? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
